Yes, within a thousand years, human beings will ride on steam wings, fly in the sky, and fly on the ocean!Young Americans will be tourists in old Europe.They will come here to see monuments and cities in ruins, just as we now visit the dying wonders of South Asia.
They will come in a thousand years!
The Thames, the Danube, the Rhine still flow; the Blanche stands with its snow-capped peaks; People have faded from people's memory, no different from those who lie in their graves.The rich merchant placed a stool on these burials—because the land was his property.He sat admiring his wavy wheat field.
"To Europe!" said the young man in America, "to the land of our fathers, to the beautiful land of memories and fantasies—to Europe!"
The spaceship arrives, full of guests, for this kind of travel is much faster than sea voyages.Wires under the sea had reported the number of air travelers.You can already see Europe - the coastline of Ireland.But the travelers are still sleeping.People wake them up when they are over the UK.The first European soil they set foot on was what the intellectuals called Shakespeare's country—others called it the country of politics, the country of machines.
They stayed here all day--there was only so much time a busy group could have in England and Scotland.
So they went through the tunnel of the English Channel to France—to the country of Charlemagne and Napoleon.The name Molière was mentioned.Scholars speak of the Classics and Romantics of antiquity; heroes, poets, and scientists are raved about; we do not yet know these men, but they will be born in the heart of Europe—Paris.
The spaceship flew to the country from which Columbus set off.Hortez ④ was born here, Galderon ⑤ wrote his unrestrained poetic drama here.In those valleys full of flowers still live the fair women of the black mongoose; in those old songs one hears the names of Sid and Alambra.
Travelers traveled across the sky and the sea to Italy.Ancient, eternal Rome is here.It's gone; Spain is a desert.Only a solitary broken wall remains of St. Peter's, but one still doubts whether it is authentic.
Then they went to Greece.They spent the night in a luxurious hotel on the top of Mount Olympus, which showed that they had been in this place.The journey proceeded to Persiprus, in order to rest there for a few hours and see the ruins of Byzantium at the same time.In those places which the legend says were once the gardens of the Haruns by the Turks, only poor fishermen cast their nets there.
They flew over the ruins of great cities on both sides of the broad Danube.In our time, we do not recognize these cities.They have grown over time; they are filled with memories.The passengers landed for a while, and flew away for a while.
Next up is Germany.Its land is densely populated with railways and canals.In this land, Luther spoke, Goethe sang, and Mozart took the leadership of music.In science and music brilliant names have appeared here—names unknown to us.They spent one day touring Germany and the other to Northern Europe—the homeland of Auerstedt and Linnes, Norway full of ancient heroes and young Normans.They visited Iceland on their way home.The Boiling Spring has ceased to spout water, and the Hekla has also been extinguished.But the solid stone island still stands in the stormy sea as a monument to the heroic story.
"There is so much to see in Europe!" said the young American, "we saw it in eight days, and it was not difficult, like the great traveler (so he cited his The name of one of his contemporaries) said in his famous book "A Journey to Europe in Eight Days."
① The original text is Saga, which is a kind of rap heroic narrative poem in ancient Iceland.
① This tunnel can connect the UK with the European continent.Plans for this tunnel have been talked about for many years, but never materialized.
② Charlemagne (Charlemagne, -) was the king of the Franks who lived in France in ancient times.
③ Refers to Spain, because Columbus set off from Spain to America.
④ Hernan Cortes (-) was the first person in Spain to conquer Mexico.
⑤ Calderon (Calderon, -) Spanish poet and playwright.
⑥ Cid is a hero in Spanish history and later became the protagonist in many poetic dramas.Alhambra is a palace built by the Moors in Spain in the 14th century, and it is very gorgeous.
① This is a large plain around Rome, where the Roman Empire hunted in ancient times.
② This is the largest church in Rome.
③ This is a strait on the Black Sea.
④ Harem is the place where Turkish rulers kept their wives and concubines.
① Oersted (HC Oersted, -) is a famous Danish physicist.Linnes (Linnes, -) is a Swedish naturalist.
② This refers to Geysir, a famous hot spring in Iceland.
③ A big mountain in Iceland, 15, 357 meters high. (Viewer's Note: This is the original book)
